Specialist Short Courses 2016 organized by the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) were successfully held in University of Nottingham Ningbo China on June 20-21, 2016. The courses were presented by Julian Vincent of Oxford University. He is a distinguished professor on Bionics and the President of ISBE. Nearly 30 scholars and postgraduates attended the courses. During the two days’ innovative teaching methods included specialist tutelage, classroom interaction and practical experience. The topics were methods in biomimetics and structural biological materials.

The courses not only provided favorable opportunities for attendees to learn the basic methods and skills of biomimetics but also offered a platform for academic communication and cooperation. They played a positive role to popularize bionic science and technology, spreading its ideas, methods and spirit, and accelerating the pace of academic research and development.